{"product_id":"class-action-andy-hanson-9781771135689","title":"Class Action: How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this inspiring history of a union, labour historian Andy Hanson delves deep into the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and how it evolved from two deeply divided unions to one of the province's most united and powerful voices for educators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday's teacher is under constant pressure to raise students' test scores, while the rise of neoliberalism in Canada has systematically stripped our education system of funding and support. But educators have been fighting back with decades of fierce labour action, from a landmark province-wide strike in the 1970s, to record-breaking front-line organizing against the Harris government and the Common Sense Revolution, to present-day picket lines and bargaining tables.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHanson follows the making of elementary teachers in Ontario as a distinct class of white-collar, public-sector workers who awoke in the last quarter of the twentieth century to the power of their collective strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andy Hanson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771135689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771135689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Between the Lines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Andy Hanson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047668904191,"sku":"9781771135689","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0599c395-290a-4d2c-9707-58f74a4ffdda.jpg?v=1777219858","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/class-action-andy-hanson-9781771135689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}